In this study, we use bank loan information to construct proxies for corporate transparency and examine whether these measures reflect information asymmetry in the stock market. Our analysis is based on a novel dataset of stock transactions and bank loans of all publicly listed firms on the...

Background: Once a global financial crisis breaks out, the interdependence between different financial markets suddenly increases and leads to a significant contagion. Methods: With 39 countries used as samples, this paper analyzes the interdependence between the stock market and the government...